"After listening to feedback regarding the level of disclosure for Windows 10 updates, we decided to implement a new system for communicating updates to the operating system," Microsoft told Thurrott, one of the most respected watchers of the company.

"Today we are rolling out the Windows 10 update history site, a hub for the release notes that will accompany each update and serve as a historical record of prior release notes," the company continued.

Microsoft previously obscured what was in each update to Windows 10, which led some users to complain that anything could be in the software. Then last October, Microsoft promised to become more transparent.

"We will be improving our documentation of what has changed within any individual update, and improving scheduling options for when updates are installed," Terry Myerson, the head of Windows and Devices, said at the time.

The update log, which is just a list of what has changed, has been described by Thurrott as "the kind of transparency that I, other Windows watchers, and Microsoft's customers have been asking for."